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Urdu is not the monopoly of mullahs, nor even the Muslim community 

Our self-styled “left liberal” intelligentsia, otherwise loud in denouncing Hindu majoritarianism, suddenly turned mute when confronted with Muslim right-wing pressure

Hate Watch: Cornered after news of anti-Muslim resolution, Udupi temple issues ‘clarification’

Only Hindus were allowed to have stalls at the annual fair at Marigudi Temple in Kaup, Udupi; management later denied discrimination as news spread 

Bowing to pressure from Hindutva groups, Karnataka festival ‘bans’ Muslim traders

In clear violation of the law and the Constitution, the state's minority now faces economic exclusion, before this it was targeted hate attacks and denial of education

Uttar Pradesh: Doctor Kafeel Khan will contest MLC elections on April 9

The paediatrician, author and activist is the Samajwadi Party’s MLC candidate from the Devariya-Kushinagar seat

Hijab row: Udupi girls dubbed terrorists by BJP leader

Senior BJP leader Yashpal Suvarna says girls’ statements criticising the HC decision prove that they are "anti-nationals"

Delhi Violence: Court dismisses Gulfisha Fatima, Tasleem Ahmed’s bail pleas

Ahmed and Fatima, with several other activists, students and lawyers, have been booked under the UAPA, in the infamous FIR 59/2020

UP: Dadri Muslims disconnected from the city for three months!

Children and women are forced to take long-winded and dangerous routes due to the sudden construction of a concrete wall

The Kashmir Files: Calls for Muslim genocide ring out in cinema halls, hate brews outside

Videos show genocide calls ringing out in cinema halls after screenings of The Kashmir Files; Delhi Police step up security 

Delhi HC allows re-opening Nizamuddin Markaz for Shab-E-Baraat

The High Court bench observed that the management will ensure proper social distancing guidelines and does not deserve exhaustive conditions for re-opening

Maintaining harmony is responsibility of Muslims: Assam CM

Himanta Biswa Sarma said that with a population of over a crore Muslims were 35 percent of the state’s population they were no longer a minority, but the majority

Beyond formal education: Haq Hai to help school dropouts

Keen to address issues of dropouts and worsening grades, Haq Hai calls for community-based programme to educate children

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Labour rights, health of workers hit in the name of “reform”: PUCL Maharashtra

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Protests across Maharashtra denounce the Public Security Act as unconstitutional and anti-democratic

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Reaffirming Open Justice: The Supreme Court on speech and contempt

In the case of Wikimedia v. ANI Media Private Limited & Ors. the apex court reaffirmed free speech and restrained a Delhi High Court order that was held, on examination to be disproportionate